It was an escape." Sue Ellen looked at the twogirls. "He's a nice enough guy, when his ego doesn't get in the way. Iwish he could get cured of it."Car...a nodded. "So do I, but it'd take something really drastic to curehim." Well, Nikki's dating him now," Sue Ellen said, "so I guess that's herproblem." She looked around. "But enough about Jeff. Let's go see whatsort of gossip the other girls have."Jeff felt relieved that the subject was being changed. It had beenweird sitting there being dissed,. Don't worry. Help will come," soothed Anna's voice, now audible to Whit in his mind.Rachel and Whit walked into the trap as they suspected. Turner had his gag down as he told Rachel to come in and then she and Whit were grabbed and push into the corner at gunpoint.Miguel Montoya could not contain his glee. "Well, if it is not my old friend, 'Defective Whitaker'," he laughed, "At least that's what Anna used to call you, pendejo!" Fuck you, Montoya!" spat Whit."Temper, tempter, Mister Policeman,". "How very thoughtful." Peggy said, running her fingers along the back of my neck, kneading the increasingly tense muscles that lay over and around my spine."I told them it wasn't necessary, but Ivan insisted." my father continued.I crossed my right ankle over my left knee, slipped each arm behind and around Lilly and Peggy's waists and smirked."Ivan's always been rather insistent." I said, linked with Izzy and sent her a brief burst of loving admiration. She smiled, perked up noticeably and. The chronic kidney failure might turn into acute kidney failure at any time; if so, I would probably die within four to eight weeks. If I detected the symptoms of the change, I should prepare for my immanent death! They gave me a list of the symptoms to watch for and apologized for having to give me such dismal news. I thanked them for being honest and frank with me, paid my bill, and left.I hid the worst news from Sarah. I just told her of the chronic kidney failure and that I would always.